Fix 77th AvenueDear Editor, Community Board 8 approved a capital and expense budget that places the upgrading of our area's roads, schools and parks at the top of its list. As a Kew Gardens Hills resident who's l...

Sad statisticDear Editor, Every day, 22 veterans take their own lives. That's a suicide every 65 minutes. As shocking as this number is, it may actually be higher. On Veterans Day and every day, thank veterans ...

Fair distributionDear Editor, In Bellerose, we have three homeless shelters within a four-to-five block radius. Is that fair? How close is a homeless shelter to Gracie Mansion or the borough president's home in For...

Penn problemsDear Editor, There are a number of significant issues missing from Governor Andrew Cuomo's recent announcement of the $1.6 billion for improvements to Penn Station. What are the specific funding so...

Welfare WorldDear Editor, The City Council is weighing legislation that would pay lawyers to represent indigent men, women and children threatened with eviction in housing court. It's about time. Even those onl...

Clobbering NYCHADear Editor, No wonder Mayor Bill de Blasio's Sandy recovery program is over budget and behind schedule. The Daily News revealed that 71 consultants from Louisiana billed NYCHA $34 million in fees,...

Shelter solution?Dear Editor, When Mayor Bill de Blasio held a town hall meeting in Bayside last month with Councilman Paul Vallone, I raised my hand and was called upon by the mayor. My issue was the homeless. I r...

Briarwood blackoutDear Editor, The attack on Patrick Gorman outside his apartment building at the corner of Queens Boulevard and Main Street in Briarwood on June 26, which led to his death on the same day, has just ...

Kudos to John AdamsDear Editor, Congratulations to Global Kids and the administration and staff of John Adams High School in Ozone Park for adding a meditation room for students to get in touch with their spiritual l...

Trump speechDear Editor, Donald Trump’s charges of a rigged election and his aversion to being labeled a loser in anything he undertakes means he will very likely not concede if he loses the presidential race....

Clinton's free rideDear Editor, In the October 27th issue, Ed Horn's wrote a letter about Donald Trump not paying taxes and his supposed indifference to Americans. Mr. Trump did not pay, that is true. What he did may...

Honor our vetsDear Editor, November 11 is a day to think about our honored veterans. For 240 years, they have fought to defend those freedoms we hold most dear. These veterans who have served our nation did so w...

Foreseeable demiseDear Editor: Following the re-election of President Barack Obama, the Republican Party concluded that it had to widen its appeal or forfeit winning a national election. Though there was much discus...

Right to vote?Dear Editor, It has always been my understanding that the purpose of an absentee ballot was to serve disabled people, shut-ins and deployed military people far from the convenience of a polling pla...

Breaking News

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said on Friday he had removed his name from consideration for a position in Donald Trump's new administration as the president-elect narrows the field of people he is considering for secretary of state. Giuliani's withdrawal from consideration came after Trump made clear that he was broadening his search for a secretary of state beyond the four finalists transition aides had identified: Giuliani, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, former CIA head David Petraeus and Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee.

By Emma Farge DAKAR (Reuters) - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh said on Friday he rejects the outcome of last week's election that he lost to opposition leader Adama Barrow and called for fresh elections. The announcement made on state television throws the future of the West African country into doubt after the unexpected election result ended Jammeh's 22-year rule and was widely seen as a moment of democratic hope. Jammeh had conceded defeat on state TV last week, prompting wild celebrations over the defeat of a government that human rights groups accused of detaining, torturing and killing opponents during the president's rule.